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BASLE BERN BRUGG DÜSSELDORF FRANKFURT A.M. FREIBURG I.BR. GENEVA HAMBURG COPENHAGEN LAUSANNE MUNICH STUTTGART VIENNA ZURICH Intelligence-as-a-Service An Introduction to Microsoft Cognitive Services Manuel Meyer, Trivadis AG http://manuelmeyer.net @manumeyer1

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About me… Consultant & Trainer for .NET MVP for Visual Studio & Dev. Tools C#/XAML, Integration, Azure, Troubleshooting & Performance Management www.azurezurichusergroup.com www.dotnetday.ch www.swissangular.com Manuel Meyer www.manuelmeyer.net @manumeyer1

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Agenda 1. Overview 2. The APIs 3. Applications

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Overview

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Azure Cognitive Services Over 20 APIs REST-based Pay-as-you-go Start for free!

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Roll your own with REST APIs Simple to add: just a few lines of code required Integrate into the language and platform of your choice Breadth of offerings helps you find the right API for your app Built by experts in their field from Microsoft Research, Bing, and Azure Machine Learning Quality documentation, sample code, and community support Easy Flexible Tested GET A KEY

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Cognitive Services Use Cases Source: Jennifer Marsman https://twitter.com/jennifermarsman

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Intelligent Kiosk https://github.com/Microsoft/Cognitive-Samples-IntelligentKiosk

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The APIs Vision, Speech, Language, Knowledge, Search

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Vision API

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Cognitive Services Apps

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Face API Explorer 1. Keys: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive- services/ 2. 2. Face API Documentation – https://westus.dev.cognitive.microsoft.com/docs/services/563879b6 1984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f30395236 3. Face API Console West US – https://westus.dev.cognitive.microsoft.com/docs/services/563879b6 1984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f30395236/cons ole

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Speech API

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Language API

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Knowledge API

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Search API

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Q&A Maker https://qnamaker.ai/

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Applications

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Seeing AI App "Seeing AI" from Saqib Shaik Speak about surroundings Read Text https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=R2mC-NUAmMk&t=12s See4Me https://github.com/DotNetToscana/See4Me Credits: https://twitter.com/marcominerva/

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Getting Started with Cognitive Services Free credits! – https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/sign-up http://portal.azure.com – New -> Cognitive Services API, Select API, Get Key https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/face- api/documentation/overview

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Thank You! Manuel Meyer ([email protected]) www.manuelmeyer.net @manumeyer1